"'luxury' apartments, including Da Vinci House situated in the former ""Punch magazine"" printworks and the architecturally distinctive Ziggurat Building. Saffron Hill Saffron Hill is a street in the south eastern corner of the London Borough of Camden, between Farringdon Road and Hatton Garden. The name of the street derives from the fact that it was at one time part of an estate on which saffron grew. In 1850 it was described as a squalid neighbourhood, the home of paupers and thieves. In Charles Dickens's 1837 novel ""Oliver Twist"", the Artful Dodger leads Oliver to Fagin's den in Field Lane, the"
"throws him out of the workhouse for daring to ask her such a question without his locket. He returns to steal it at night and heads out to London. Once there, Oliver, hungry, is stopped from stealing an apple by a young man named Jack Dawkins, also known as the Artful Dodger, who explains that he’s a professional thief and proud of his work. He offers to take Oliver in with the band of boys he lives with and his boss, Fagin, an old and sly man who teaches the group how to steal. Upon arriving, Fagin takes Oliver's locket"
"Even though Foster believed Jones would be successful as a jockey, he encouraged his young protégé to take a role as the Artful Dodger in a production of ""Oliver!"" in London's West End, a move which changed Jones' life forever. In turn, Jones cared for Foster in his later years, bringing him to the United States and providing him financial support. Foster was approached by a friend who worked in a theatre in the West End of London during casting for the musical ""Oliver!"". Foster replied, ""I've got the kid."" Jones was cast and appeared to great acclaim as the"
"Jamie Smart takes over as artist. April 2014: Wayne Thompson takes over as artist. July 2014: Barrie Appleby returns as artist. Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger, whose real name is Roger Dawson, is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic ""The Beano"". His strip consists solely of Roger's basic remit to avoid doing chores and homework which usually involves him concocting complex and ultimately disastrous plans, the undoing of which results in him being punished (usually by his long-suffering father). To perform these tasks he enlists the help of his many 'dodge books'. He first appeared in"
"Edouard Trebaol Edouard Trebaol (20 May 1905 – 11 October 1935) was an American actor. Trebaol was the son of French immigrants. There were a total of 13 children in the Trebaol family, all of whom are believed to have acted in Hollywood during the silent era. Their mother worked as an extra. Trebaol appeared in at least eight films between 1919 and 1923, first appearing as an orphan in the 1919 adventure film ""Jinx"". His most notable role was as the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver Twist"" (1922) starring Jackie Coogan and Lon Chaney. His last film appearance was in"
"Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger, whose real name is Roger Dawson, is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic ""The Beano"". His strip consists solely of Roger's basic remit to avoid doing chores and homework which usually involves him concocting complex and ultimately disastrous plans, the undoing of which results in him being punished (usually by his long-suffering father). To perform these tasks he enlists the help of his many 'dodge books'. He first appeared in issue 561, dated 18 April 1953. His appearance is vaguely similar to that of Dennis the Menace from the same magazine;"
"by Claire Harding. Jack Wild Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver!,"" (1968) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Wild is also known for his roles as Jimmy in the NBC children's television series ""H.R. Pufnstuf"" (1969) and in the accompanying 1970 feature film as well as Much the Miller's Son in """" (1991). Wild was born into a working class family in Royton, Lancashire. He"
"the Artful Dodger by David Garlick. The original Sean Kenny sets were used. The last professional production to use Sean Kenny's original stage design was at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, in 1986. This production starred Victor Spinetti as Fagin. The 1983 London revival of ""Oliver!"" transferred to Broadway in 1984. It opened at The Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran from April 29, 1984 through May 13, 1984, for 17 performances and 13 previews. Ron Moody reprised the role of Fagin and Patti LuPone played Nancy. David Garlick reprised his West End performance as The Artful Dodger, the first British"
"his age known as the Artful Dodger. Dodger seems a kindly boy, and invites Oliver to join him and his friends (""Consider Yourself""). Dodger is, unknown to Oliver, a pickpocket, and he invites Oliver to come and live in Fagin's lair. Fagin is an elderly criminal, now too old to thieve himself, who now teaches young boys to pick pockets. Oliver is completely unaware of any criminality, and believes that the boys make handkerchiefs rather than steal them. Oliver is introduced to Fagin and his boys, and is taught their ways (""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two""). The"
"Jack Wild Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in ""Oliver!,"" (1968) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Wild is also known for his roles as Jimmy in the NBC children's television series ""H.R. Pufnstuf"" (1969) and in the accompanying 1970 feature film as well as Much the Miller's Son in """" (1991). Wild was born into a working class family in Royton, Lancashire. He moved to Hounslow,"
"gives him food and lodgings for the night. After a week of travel, he arrives at the city, barefoot and penniless. He meets Jack Dawkins, or ""The Artful Dodger,"" a boy-thief who takes Oliver to his home and hideout at Saffron Hill that he shares with many other young pickpockets and their eccentric elderly leader, Fagin. Soon, Oliver is being groomed to join their gang. On his first outing with the pickpockets, two of the boys steal a man’s handkerchief and Oliver is framed. However he is proven innocent by an eyewitness, and the owner of the handkerchief (the wealthy"
"the title of the Artful Dodger and Craig David song ""Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"". Craig David is one of the main characters and speaks in catchphrases such as ""proper bo I tell thee"" and ""can I get a reeewind"". Much of the show's humour is derived from the deliberate ineptitude of each impersonation and general incongruity; scenes include Avid slapping Justin Timberlake with slices of cold meat, and trying to seduce Patsy Kensit while in character as Mel B. Despite a loyal following and some strong reviews, the show has been criticized for allegedly promoting narrow-mindedness and puerile"
"appeared as the Artful Dodger in the musical film, ""Oliver!"", and later on Thames Television's ""Looks Familiar"". According to Simon Goddard a more likely subject is actor Malcolm McFee (d. 2001, Braintree, Essex) who, unlike Wild or Tong, did star in a series that ran for four seasons (""Please Sir!"") which was followed by the sequel series ""The Fenn Street Gang"") and did largely disappear from public view after this initial run of TV success. The subject may also be Jimmy Clitheroe a diminutive comic actor that specialised in being cast as a young boy until very late in his"
"Harry Eden Harry Eden (born 1 March 1990) is an English actor who won a British Independent Film Award in 2003 for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in ""Pure"". Eden was born in Old Harlow, Essex. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He played Nibs in the 2003 film ""Peter Pan"", and the Artful Dodger in Roman Polanski's ""Oliver Twist"". He was inspired by Lionel Bart's ""Oliver!"" and the role of the Artful Dodger. He said that he prefers acting in a challenging role and that he would not like to be Harry Potter, even though he loves"
"Artful Dodger in Lionel Bart's ""Oliver!"", before starting work in television at the age of 12. Released in May 2016, he also starred in the feature film ""Time Toys"". As a Boy Scout, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout in December 2015. He currently attends The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Caymichael Patten Studios and The Laurel Springs School and lives in New York City and Burbank, California. Source: IMDB Evan Roe Evan Roe (born February 9, 2000) is an American television and film actor. Born in Seattle, he is best known for his role as Jason McCord"
"away a reformed man, Dodger appears from nowhere with a wallet he stole earlier. They dance off into the sunrise together, happily determined to live out the rest of their days as thieves (""Reviewing the Situation"" (reprise)""\) while Oliver returns to Brownlow's home for good (""Finale: Where Is Love?/Consider Yourself""). The film used mostly young unknowns, among them Mark Lester (Oliver), Shani Wallis (Nancy) and Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger, but also featured Hugh Griffith, an Oscar winner for ""Ben-Hur"", in a role as the Magistrate. Harry Secombe, who played Mr. Bumble, was well known in Britain but not"
"and does not want to see him hurt, but she is controlled by the abusive Sikes. She drugs Bill, and goes to Brownlow's house where she arranges to have him meet her on London Bridge at midnight so she can provide information about Oliver. At the meeting, Nancy cautiously reveals that Oliver is staying with Fagin, and that the authorities will easily find them. Brownlow leaves to call the police. The Artful Dodger, who had been sent by a suspicious Fagin to spy on Nancy, has heard everything and is bullied by Bill Sikes to give up the information. Sikes"
"hat and glasses, Dave Morris was the somewhat loudmouthed 'know all' club treasurer, ably assisted by comedy actor Joe Gladwin as Cedric and by Liverpool comedian Fred Ferris as 'The Wacker' whose primary ambition seemed to be to scrounge a drink. He moved to television for six programmes of the sitcom ""The Artful Dodger"" from 28 September to 2 November 1959. The show was based on ""Club Night"" and used the character he developed there. It also featured Joe Gladwin as his comic foil. Dave Morris (comedian) Dave Morris was a music hall comedian who made a successful transition to"
"(Francis L. Sullivan) and matron Mrs. Corney (Mary Clare). At the age of nine, the hungry children draw straws; Oliver loses and has to ask for a second helping of gruel (""Please sir, I want some more""). For his impudence, he is promptly apprenticed to the undertaker Mr. Sowerberry (Gibb McLaughlin), from whom he receives somewhat better treatment. However, when another worker, Noah, maligns his dead mother, Oliver flies into a rage and attacks him, earning the orphan a whipping. Oliver runs away to London. The Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley), a skilled young pickpocket, notices him and takes him to"
"Davy Jones (musician) David Thomas Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman, best known as a member of the band the Monkees, and for starring in the TV series of the same name. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of ""Oliver!"" as well as a starring cameo role in a hallmark episode of ""The Brady Bunch"" television show and later reprised parody film; ""Love, American Style""; and ""My Two Dads"". Jones is considered one of the great teen idols."
"Mr. Sowerberry Mr. Sowerberry is a fictional character who appears as a weak antagonist in the Charles Dickens novel ""Oliver Twist"". He is an undertaker and coffin maker who owns and operates a small dark shop in a small town some 75 miles from London. This shop also serves as a dwelling for himself, his wife, a maidservant named Charlotte, an assistant named Noah Claypole, and, for a short period, as an apprentice, the protagonist of the novel, Master Oliver Twist. In the novel Sowerberry is described as a """"tall gaunt, large jointed man, attired in a suit of threadbare"
"before beginning work on ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1968). Whiting was spotted by an agent at the Connaught Rooms where he was performing at a Jewish wedding at the age of 12. He only sang one song (""Summertime"") which he had rehearsed as a one-off song with the group Teal Lewis and the , who were the entertainment for the evening. This was set up by his father to get him noticed. After hearing him sing, the agent suggested he try out for Lionel Bart's ""Oliver!"" which constantly needed replacements for its child performers. Whiting played the Artful Dodger in the"
"goes on, the adaptation by Bart continues to play in both large well known theatres and small auditoriums around the world. Mr. Sowerberry Mr. Sowerberry is a fictional character who appears as a weak antagonist in the Charles Dickens novel ""Oliver Twist"". He is an undertaker and coffin maker who owns and operates a small dark shop in a small town some 75 miles from London. This shop also serves as a dwelling for himself, his wife, a maidservant named Charlotte, an assistant named Noah Claypole, and, for a short period, as an apprentice, the protagonist of the novel, Master"
"Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and Roger the Dodger. 'Erbert, whose real name is Herbert Henry Hoover is a short-sighted boy, who struggles to see even with his spectacles. Except for Cuthbert, the rest of the class have fun swapping his thick-rimmed glasses with others and seeing the resultant mayhem. In older strips, the character is sometimes called Herbert instead of 'Erbert. 'Erbert is considered the least-mischievous student, Beano Top Trumps – Erbert is least menacing of all Bash Street Kids and is said to resemble a human mole. His short-sightedness is shared by his parents, who have ended up"
"pilfering, and while Fagin negotiates with Oliver for the locket, ultimately returns it. The locket finally proves that Oliver is in fact Mr. Brownlow’s grandson by the matching of the portraits. After bidding a fond farewell to the arrested Dodger promising to see him again someday, Oliver is last seen sleeping happily in his new home. Oliver Twist (1997 film) Oliver Twist is a 1997 American made-for-television film based on Charles Dickens’s 1839 novel of the same title. The film was directed by Tony Bill, written by Monte Merrick and Stephen Sommers, and produced by Walt Disney Television. It stars"
"amateur productions include Adam Levine, Ben Elton, Robbie Williams, and Hayley Smith. In the 1980 ATV series ""The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist"", the Dodger was played by John Fowler. When Oliver is sent by Mr. Brownlow to a boarding school, he finds the Dodger already there, and it is revealed that thanks to Oliver's uncle Harry Maylie the Dodger escaped transportation and was instead enrolled in the school. The two friends re-unite, and when Oliver flees the school the Dodger follows him back to London. Oliver is made to believe, by Noah Claypole, Noah's girlfriend Charlotte, and Mrs. Carraway"
"scene without sharing his bounty with Oliver. Oliver follows Dodger all throughout the streets until he eventually arrives at the barge of his owner, a pickpocket named Fagin, along with his meal, to give to his friends: Tito the chihuahua, Einstein the Great Dane, Rita the Saluki, and Francis the bulldog. Oliver sneaks inside, located below the docks, and is discovered by the dogs. After a moment of confusion, he is then received with a warm welcome. Fagin comes in and explains that he is running out of time to repay the money he borrowed from Sykes, a nefarious shipyard"
"so is standing up for yourself,"" presages the starving Oliver Twist politely demanding more gruel in the Bumbles' workhouse: ""Please, sir, I want some more"" (a moment essentially recreated in Episode 19). Episode 13: When the Artful Dodger visits Fagin in his cell, the image of the man foretells the famous 1839 drawing by George Cruikshank, for ""Oliver Twist"", of ""Fagin in the condemned Cell."" Honoria learns she is pregnant—the child will be Esther Summerson, the first-person narrator (in some chapters) and main protagonist of ""Bleak House"". Episode 14: Dodger refers to another of the boys in his gang as"
"Artful Dodger. He played the role in London and then on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award. On 9 February 1964, he appeared on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" with Georgia Brown who was playing Nancy in the Broadway production of ""Oliver!"". This was the same episode of the show in which the Beatles made their first appearance. Jones said of that night, ""I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that."" Following his ""Ed Sullivan"" appearance, Jones"
"""Oliver!"", Arthur in the title role, and Jack as a member of Fagin's gang, Charley Bates. Although Jack auditioned as The Artful Dodger for several subsequent stage productions of ""Oliver!"", he was always turned down because he was too short. He stayed with the show until the spring of 1966, when he left to make the film serial ""Danny the Dragon"" for the Children's Film Foundation. Wild's first speaking roles on TV were an episode of ""Out of the Unknown"", and the third part of the BBC's version of the Wesker Trilogy, ""I'm Talking About Jerusalem"". By the time he"
"Adam Searles Adam Searles (born 1 June 1981) is a British stage, film, and television actor. He has portrayed Gavroche in ""Les Misérables"" at the Palace Theatre, London, and played the original Artful Dodger in Cameron Mackintosh's 1994 production of ""Oliver!"" at the London Palladium. Adam opened the show in 1994 with Jonathan Pryce in the role of Fagin and was requested to close to show in 1998 with Jim Dale as Fagin. Searles studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London and also appeared in the original performance of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, ""Whistle Down The Wind"""
"Oliver Twist (character) Oliver Twist is the title character and protagonist of the novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. He was the first child protagonist in an English novel. Based in the 1820s, the orphan, young Oliver is born in a parish workhouse in an unnamed town. His unmarried mother dies during labour. Old Sally, who was present at the birth, takes from the dying woman a locket and ring. Mr Bumble, the Beadle, names the boy Oliver Twist. Oliver is sent to an orphanage, run by Mrs. Mann, until he is nine years old, when he is returned to"
"""Charley,"" presumably meaning that said boy is ""Oliver Twist"" character Charley Bates. Bob Cratchit says of his son that he ""can bear him on my shoulders until his strength returns,"" but in ""A Christmas Carol"" he is still bearing Tiny Tim ""upon his shoulder"". The clergyman (only named in the credits) whom Bill has smuggle a match in to Dodger in gaol is the slimy Reverend Chadband (""Bleak House""), extorted to do so here because he had relations with Nancy. The ""Major Bagstock"" on the board of trustees before which Mr Bumble presents himself is a friend of Mr Dombey"